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Teenage delegates to county caucus say they’re motivated by Obama
Nick Bordner, Nathan Ott and Laura Hicks, high school seniors, are three delegates to next month Apr 26 2008, 2:23 AM By ELIZABETH SHEPHERD

Senior meals program faces cuts
Apr 26 2008, 2:23 AM A subsidized program that has provided meals to Island seniors for nearly 30 years has lost its financial support, forcing the Vashon-Maury Senior Center to raise its suggested donation for the lunches and putting the program, some fear, into jeopardy.

Residents find a sense of community at Eernisse
Apr 26 2008, 2:23 AM By AMELIA HEAGERTY

A true Vashon Christmas tale
Vashon Community Care Center resident Erna Mercer, in wheelchair, is greeted by son Kevin Mercer, behind Erna, and granddaughter Sarah Mercer at the family home on Christmas morning. Ann Murray works the controls for the wheelchair lift from inside the school bus.   - Rik Forschmiedt photo Apr 26 2008, 2:28 AM Ernestine Mercer, 95, was expecting to go home for Christmas, and her son Kevin and his wife Sue Griffith-Mercer expected her, too.

K2 plan draws fire
Apr 26 2008, 2:28 AM More than a month after Dick Sontgerath’s Heritage Group, Inc. got an agreement to purchase the K2 site, Islander Tom Bangasser, who described himself as a commercial real estate businessman, criticized the group’s plan because it was for-profit.

Happening
Apr 26 2008, 2:28 AM District 19 meets thrice

Lost Boy comes to Vashon from Sudan
Apr 26 2008, 2:28 AM Jacob Acier was maybe 7 when he fled his small village in the high plains of southern Sudan and joined a stream of humanity attempting to escape one of the most devastating civil wars in modern history.

Water jet machine available at Vashon College
Apr 26 2008, 2:28 AM For years, John Olsen, an MIT-trained engineer with a doctorate in fluid mechanics, has wondered how Vashon artists might use the water-jet technology he first developed in his garage on the Island some 30 years ago.

Happening
Apr 26 2008, 2:27 AM Ferries running on new schedule

Advocates work to help people stay warm this winter
Apr 26 2008, 2:27 AM By AMELIA HEAGERTY